Imagine thinking Ashley Young is a starting XI quality footballer

Jose: I'm not doubting him at all, and hopefully it will come good for him. But has he been figured out? His stats recently tell us that he has. He needs to understand this. He needs to change things, try two strikers, and he needs to bring confidence into players like Depay, Martial and maybe even Rooney. Not just feed it too Ibrahimovic. Has he tactically been figured out? Is his ego to big? New Signings: Bailey was superb his first games, has been a bit shaky the last few games, and the exact same for Pogba. He is trying to hard to meet the expectation of 90 million, he is doing too much with the ball, shooting from ridiculous ranges, he will come good though. Zlatan has been good so far, but will his pace let him down the more we get into the season? Mhki, obviously we haven't seen much, but I think he will come good, but another question to answer is if we have got Martial, Depay, Pogba, Rooney, Mata, Lingard, Herrera, all after these 3 midfielder spots behind Ibrahimovic, who makes the cut?

I have a very weird question for McKola, Howson, Gaz, or really another passionate Manchester United fan who goes to OT regularly. As suggested by the title, it concerns Wayne Rooney. Why is it that the OT faithful don't view him in the same light as United fans around the world? For me he is a world class player (yes, I know he is on the decline) who gives his all to Manchester United every game he plays. He's scored an extraordinary amount of goals for us, been a great servant to the club, and given 100% every time he's pulled on the United shirt. So why, oh why, do the OT faithful not take to him like they've taken to the other greats of the club? I've always seen him as the epitome of Manchester United. In fact, in my limited time as a Manchester United fan (10 years), I've always thought of him as everything United represent. He harbors a special hatred of Liverpool, he certainly WAS world class, he has never put on the United shirt and not given it his all. He's scored goals against City and loved scoring them. He hates Arsenal with a passion as well, and loves to score against them. It can't have something to do with the fact that he's Scouse, because that means he hates Liverpool as much as we do. So what has stopped him from becoming a legend as Manchester United? I know he had that debacle in 2010 and a couple of years after that, but that was understandable. I recently heard Howson say 'if Rooney gets injured for the rest of the season and is shipped off to China WITHOUT breaking the record, I would take it without a doubt'. Is that the way to treat of the greatest servants of the club? What do the OT faithful see in him that we don't? Or rather maybe it's the other way round. What do you not see in him that we see?

We are facing uncharted territories as united fan and the club, if Jose mourinho doesn't work out, how long do u guys think it will take to get back to the top. Because as we have seen, just being able to sign top class players doesn't solve anything.

Sooo lets day dream.

Timo Werner is having a terrible time at the moment with Chelsea and his minutes have been reduced with Chelseas acquisition of Romelu.

Erling Haaland has a buy out clause that gets triggered in the summer and the bidding war will commence.

My question or thought id love for us to discuss is.. How would United's front line look with a front line of the two of them?

Ralph plays two up front and both have played under his system and thrived at thier previous clubs- Salzburg and Leipzig. So any adjustment to Ralphs style at United would be minor plausibly for the players.

Now Werner could possibly be bought in this upcoming transfer window to United for a fee of around 30 mil as they may be looking to offload him and free up some money in the summer for other transfers.

And then in the summer United could bring in Erling Haaland, it's said that Ralph brokered the deal for him when Erling moved from Molde to Salzburg and that Ralph has a good relationship with Erlings father still. Recently there has been communication- testing the waters, about Erlings availability to move to united should personal terms not be an issue between the United coach and the father.

Now for me, seeing an onfire front line with those two banging away goals would get me out of bed at 2am every weekend no worries at all.

I give it a 4/10 chance that it could happen. And a lot of ducks would need to line up to get it over the line as well.

Do you think it could happen? Do you think they would work well together? Is there a better pairing out there that Tod like to see?

Maristboy.

We came to this game knowing that Chelsea, Liverpool, Spurs and Arsenal all dropped points. The fact that we played like that shows that the players didn't take it seriously, if they could just take their football more seriously than their stupid dancing videos online it would be great. I dont get how we lost that game, im speechless. Martial should have played idk why wasnt he played and dont even say we played well cuz we didnt create enough chances probably 2 or 3 clear cut chances which we couldnt finish. Ibra was shambolic, yes he scores goals but with the amount of chances he gets he should be having over 20 goals now, we need another striker and i do feel martial up top will be better than ibra up top but we all know mourinho will never let that happen. As for top 4 i do think its probably gone. Yes we are only 5 points off second but with europa coming back and all the cups i know we will drop points again, this game was a must win and we didnt win, so for me the only way that we are getting to the UCL next season is by winning the Europa league, we have to put all our eggs into one basket now. Mourinho should decide PL or Europa league. Thats all i have to say.

What's people's thoughts?

This is a call to arms for all United fans. DO NOT BUY INTO THE HYSTERIA...Don't believe the hype. The performances are infinitely better than they have been for the 3 previous seasons. I know the results are so inconsistent right now, but do not turn on Mourinho or United as a whole, despite the inevitable media storm to come!

It's driving me insane too guys, but we will rise again

Is anyone else worried about the amount of wages we are paying our players? Obviously to get the best players, we have to pay high wages. I'm quite concerned that we are paying ridiculously high wages to average players, and it will hinder us in the long run. Players will be looking to join united for the money instead of playing for a prestigious club. I remember Janujaz's agent coming out in the press a little while ago saying that he has one of the highest salaries for his age in football, but he's pretty far from the best player of his age. Rooney on 300k a week is a joke. Zlatan and Pogba I can understand, as Zlatan was a free transfer, and Pogba will probably be the best CM in the world once he settles.

The high wages mean it will be very hard for us to clean out the players who aren't good enough, as we will have to subsidise their wages when they move.

As much as I feel dirty for saying this, I can't help thinking that clubs such as Arsenal, Spurs and Liverpool have the right idea with their wage structures, and I would like to see United implement a similar plan. What do you guys think?

Some might say i'm nuts suggesting this but i think its a realistic signing who would offer us INSANE PACE + SKILLS + DIRECTNESS but hes overlooked for bayern by ancelotti who prefers the youngster Kimmich & Muller/robben/ribery/coman over him.

I've been watching bayern games for a while and notice hes used as a sub often around 70-80mins most games and with an offer of a spot in our first team i don't think he'd turn it down.

I think we could pick him up for £35-£40m considering bayern only paid €30m in 2015, also add more potential to this bayern have signed ribery/robben to contract extentions recently so our financial power and global appeal could make this happen.

Do you think costa would fix our RW problem? if not who can?

Bit of an odd one, but here's the question:

What current (older) Premier League player would you've liked to see at United in their prime?

I ask because I always wondered how Jermain Defoe would've got on here. Loved his style of play and his explosiveness.

What's yours? Can be as weird as you want, but someone you thought could've made it at OT.

José has always struck me as someone who blames everyone and everything but himself.

He's done it at his previous clubs, and he does it now.

It's either a player's fault or the referee.

What are your thoughts on this?

Or am I over exaggerating?

It seems to me that in the same way as Fernando Torres (when at Chelsea) a big name, big reputation, highly paid player. Namely Wayne Rooney, is being played on past glories and sporadic positive influence on the team, despite ever-declining form and the look of a player who was simply better as a younger man. In the same way as Torres did at Chelsea, Rooney appears burned out and too desperate to impress.

I don't know about you guys but do you think that we are getting the best out of Antonio Valencia at RB? I would personally like to see him back at RM or even RW because of his power and pace despite his age. But I would like to find out other people's views so pls comment what you think!